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How Ammonia Could Help the World Transition to Clean Energy

March 23, 2022 admin ammonia, Business, Carbon Capture, clean energy, Coal, Energy Storage, energy transition, Environmental, full coverage, Gas, green hydrogen, hydrogen, news, power podcasts, Renewables, Solar, Technology, the power podcast, Wind

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2022 13:05:34 +0000

Hydrogen is widely seen as a vital component in efforts to decarbonize the world’s power supply. One example of this is a strategy being piloted by at least a couple of major gas turbine manufacturers, which involves storing “green hydrogen” produced through electrolysis using excess wind or solar power when renewable energy supplies exceed grid […]

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Vestas Cutting Jobs Despite Leading Wind Installations

March 22, 2022 admin Business, job cuts, news, offshore wind, sgre ge renewable energy, siemens gamesa, vestas, Wind, wind power, wind turbines

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2022 15:06:44 +0000

Vestas occupies the top spot when it comes to market share among global wind turbine manufacturers, according to a new analysis, but the Danish business is not immune to the challenges facing several of the leading companies in the wind power sector. Supply chain issues are buffeting wind energy, as they have other industries. Though […]

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GE Exec Expects Rebound for Renewables

March 14, 2022 admin ge, news, offshore wind, onshore wind, renewable energy, Renewables, siemens, Wind

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2022 20:59:33 +0000

The leader of General Electric’s (GE’s) global energy business said the company expects its power and renewable energy units should be profitable in 2023, and experience even more success in 2024, after it weathers market headwinds that present challenges this year. Scott Strazik, speaking at the company’s March 10 investor day event, said GE is […]

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Repowering Provides New Purpose for Existing Plants

March 1, 2022 admin bryden wood, Coal, ge renewable energy, hydrogen, natural gas, news, repowering, siemens energy, Solar, terrapraxis, Wind

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 01 Mar 2022 05:17:00 +0000

The benefits of repowering—cost savings from upgraded performance, and utilizing existing infrastructure—make it an important part of the energy landscape. Repowering is occurring in both thermal and

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Largest U.S. Wind Project Online in New Mexico

February 24, 2022 admin California, NEW MEXICO, western spirit wind, Wind, wind power

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2022 16:44:29 +0000

A wind farm comprised of four projects in central New Mexico, serving areas of that state and California, is now online and takes the title of the largest wind power installation in the U.S. Pattern Energy Group, among the world’s largest privately-owned developers and operators of wind, solar, transmission, and energy storage projects, on Feb. […]

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Siemens Gamesa Will Supply Turbines for Polish Offshore Wind Farms

February 22, 2022 admin baltic sea, equinor, offshore wind, Poland, polenergia, sg 14-236-dd, siemens gamesa, Wind, wind power

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2022 23:07:51 +0000

Poland’s pursuit of offshore wind took a step forward with the announcement that Siemens Gamesa will supply turbines for two new installations in the Baltic Sea. The MFW Baltyk II and MFW Baltyk III projects, being developed by Equinor and Polenergia, will use SG 14-236 DD offshore wind turbines, as part of two “Preferred Supplier […]

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Large-Scale Green Hydrogen Infrastructure System Unveiled for California

February 17, 2022 admin aliso canyon, climate change, cpuc, electrolyzers, Environmental, Fuel, full coverage, Gas, hydeal, hydrogen, hydrogen networks, hydrogen pipelines, natural gas power, news, socalgas, Solar, southern california, Wind

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2022 16:25:34 +0000

SoCalGas, North America’s largest gas distribution utility, has unveiled the Angeles Link, a proposed green hydrogen energy infrastructure system for Southern California that it says could be the largest of its kind in the nation. The Angeles Link proposes to utilize between 25 GW and 35 GW of curtailed or new solar, wind, or battery […]

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U.S. Tops 200 GW of Renewables, but Deployment Slows

February 15, 2022 admin american clean power, Energy Storage, news, Renewables, Solar, Wind

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2022 13:32:14 +0000

A report from a trade group representing the U.S. renewable energy industry says the nation now has more than 200 GW of operating utility-scale generation capacity, but the pace of growth has slowed as projects have been delayed due to regulatory and equipment supply issues, among other factors. The “Clean Power Quarterly 2021 Q4 Market […]

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Siemens’ Renewable Arm Cutting 200 U.S. Jobs

February 12, 2022 admin blades, Iowa, job cuts, jobs, Kansas, layoffs, nacelles, news, sgre, siemens gamesa renewable energy, turbines, Wind, wind power

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2022 23:07:37 +0000

Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) plans to lay off 200 workers at two U.S. wind power equipment manufacturing facilities. The company on Feb. 9 said the job cuts are due to a reduction in orders for commercial wind turbines. An SGRE spokesperson said more jobs cuts at the plants—one in Hutchinson, Kansas, and the other […]

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Wind Power Developers Encouraged by Findings on Bald Eagle Population

February 11, 2022 admin bald and golden eagle protection act, bald eagle, Commentary, Development, endangered species, golden eagle, good steward legal, Legal & Regulatory, renewable energy, u.s. fish and wildlife service, Wind, wind power

Credit to Author: Jared Wigginton| Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2022 15:06:32 +0000

In the race to generate and distribute renewable energy, developers must clear numerous regulatory hurdles. For many projects, this may include obtaining a voluntary “incidental take” permit under the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act (BGEPA). The BGEPA incidental take permitting program has frustrated both developers and operators due to, among other things, uncertainty of […]

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